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  No business model for Twitter? That's OK

  Maybe the high-profile site really is different. Maybe it doesn't need to rush to generate revenue.
  • Twitter's spooky secret: It's full of ghosts
  • Wasting energy? Tweet-a-Watt tattles on Twits

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  Google tries to break IPv6 logjam

  The search giant believes there's now a financial incentive for companies to support the next-gen Internet standard. And Google itself could profit.

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• Tesla Motors CEO: Model S is cheaper than it looks

  In a missive to customers, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk argues that the $56,400 price of the Model S electric sedan is equivalent to $35,000 with $4-per-gallon gasoline.
  • Photos: Tesla S electric sedan unveiled

  (Posted in Green Tech by Martin LaMonica)

• Lessons learned from social games

  At GDC, game developers analyze successful social games to glean some insight into what the playing public really wants.
  • Photos: Fun and games at GDC
  • Full coverage: GDC 09
  • GDC: A view from above

  (Posted in Gaming and Culture by Daniel Terdiman)

• 'Jaunty Jackalope' Ubuntu springs into beta

  Next version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution includes a new notifications system, changes to the start-up process, and the distribution's first foray into cloud computing.

  (Posted in Business Tech by David Meyer)

• Report: Google testing one-stop shop for video ads

  Google TV Ads Online would enable advertisers to use one interface to purchase ads on Google TV, YouTube and, eventually, other video sites, the Journal reports.

  (Posted in Digital Media by Dawn Kawamoto)

• Q&A: HP's 'gadget guy' on no-compromise devices

  Phil McKinney, CTO of Hewlett-Packard's personal systems group, is focused on creating a device that will offer the richness of a giant LCD TV with the reach of a mobile phone.

  (Posted in Business Tech by Vivian Yeo)

• Maker of 'open,' free textbooks raises $8 million

  Open source is not just about software. Flat World Knowledge is applying open-source principles to producing and selling college textbooks and related materials.

  (Posted in Software, Interrupted by Dave Rosenberg)

• Microsoft goes after Mac on price in new ad

  In a new TV commercial from Redmond, a "random consumer" says she would have to double her budget to get what she wants from Apple.
  • Is it uncool to be a Mac user in these tough times?
  • Microsoft's 'average consumer from Craigslist' is an actress

  (Posted in Technically Incorrect by Chris Matyszczyk)

• Report: Skype coming to the iPhone

  GigaOm said Thursday that Skype will announce an application for the Apple device at the CTIA Wireless tradeshow in Las Vegas next week.

  (Posted in Wireless by Marguerite Reardon)

• Best Buy: Quarter better than expected

  The company portrays the year ahead as one focused on cost-cutting and a rocky economy--but it should benefit from the liquidation of Circuit City.
  • Houston, we've got slightly less sucky gadget sales

  (Posted in Business Tech by Larry Dignan)

• WinMo developers will pay $99 to upgrade apps

  Unless developers submit updates to their Windows Mobile Marketplace applications within seven days of the app's release, even minor upgrades will cost $99 to submit.

  (Posted in Microsoft by Tom Krazit)

• Facebook COO on redesign: Still figuring it out

  Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook still doesn't know what went wrong with a redesign process that resulted in changes many users disliked. But the work goes on.
  • Facebook resets password tool, talks to Photo Stalker

  (Posted in Coop's Corner by Charles Cooper)

• Nvidia files 'Nehalem' countersuit against Intel

  Countersuit is in response to a filing by Intel last month alleging that a chipset license agreement does not extend to Intel's future-generation processors.

  (Posted in Nanotech - The Circuits Blog by Brooke Crothers)

• Pickens faces headwinds on clean-tech plans

  Oilman turned wind-power enthusiast T. Boone Pickens' energy plans are increasingly getting support. But his pet wind project has problems finding a grid to deliver power from his newly bought wind turbines.
  • Pickens tackles Obama's energy plan

  (Posted in Green Tech by Erik Palm)
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